> So what we should be asking the government is if it's a fundamental right, why do we require a license to get married? You have to ask this question in the c

> So what we should be asking the government is if it's a fundamental right, why do we require a license to get married? You have to ask this question in the context of legal history. In English common law, from which United States law on marriage is derived, marriage was basically a legal contract stripping women of most of their rights and transferring them to the husband: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coverture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coverture